Vulnerabilities in Paid Care Work: Transnational Experiences, Insights and Voices - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447373030 ISBN 13: 9781447373032

Publisher: Policy Press, 2025

Synopsis

The need for paid care workers to provide professional, good quality care for those needing daily support continues to grow throughout the world.

This book explores the recent experiences of diverse paid care workers in four very different national contexts – Finland, Canada, South Africa and England – to learn from their experiences during COVID-19 and its aftermath. Drawing on care workers’ own perspectives, this book shows how recruitment and retention of paid care workers remains challenging due to the pandemic and demographic changes, their precarious labour market position, low pay and the difficulties of delivering care.

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About the Authors

Sophie Bowlby is Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Reading, UK. Her research interests are in geographies of informal and formal care work and friendship.

Marjut Jyrkinen is Professor of Working Life Equality and Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research interests relate to gender, age, care and careers in management and organisations.

Mandisa Vallentia Malinga is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research interests include gender, precarious work and its impact on masculinities and fatherhood, and care work.

Kathy Sanderson is Associate Professor of Human Resources in the Faculty of Business Administration at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. Her research focuses on reducing pain in the workplace.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447373030
• ISBN 13: 9781447373032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212
• Editor: Bowlby Sophie, Jyrkinen Marjut, Malinga Mandisa, Sanderson Kathy